Sticking my neck out

Mr Campbell suggested that I find myself a picture of a head that I liked the shape of. So after a while scouring google images, I found a nice simple shape, that I thought would look good.

To get it onto my head, I made a stencil. To ensure that it was symmetrical, I laid it down the centre line and then flipped it over to the other side.

The next step involved the band saw. I hate the band saw – luckily Mr Campbell is a band saw master of the 10th dan, and he quickly cut the head to a rough approximation of the shape I wanted.

The next step for my guitar was to begin shaping the back. It was rectangular, which is not ideal for guitar playing, so I was to shape it to a nice rounded shape, more conducive to playing. To begin, I used a large metal file to get close to the shape I required.  Next I was handed a butterfly shaped plane to get a nice rounded edge along the back of the neck.